Similar Quotations A Jacob Braude quotation: Always behave like a duck – keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath A Fred Shero quotation: I’m like a duck: calm above the water, and paddling like hell underneath. credit + large image Black Duck The…

That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird. A Marcus Valerius Martial Quotation credit + large image Nazca Booby The Nazca Booby, Sula granti, is a booby which is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, namely on the Galápagos…

Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings A John Mason Neale or Marcus Valerius Martial Quotation – atributed to both authors credit + large image Blue-footed Booby The Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) is a bird in the Sulidae family which comprises ten species of long-winged seabirds.…

I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. A Charles Lindbergh Quotation credit + large image White-tailed Tropicbird The White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus, is a tropicbird, smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes.…

Who gets the bird, the hunter or the dog? A John Lewis quotation Back to quotation Chester The stride of the dog is steady and direct, but not particularly swift; his paw is held straight out in front and the legs are extended backwards, giving the dog a…

When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all. An E. O. Wilson quotation credit + large image Blue-winged Warbler The Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora pinus, is a fairly common New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America in southern Ontario and the…

Sweet bird that shunn’st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! A John Milton quotation credit + large image Red-throated Pipit The Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) is a small passerine bird which breeds in the far north of Europe and Asia, with a foothold in northern Alaska. It is…